Video Vanguard

Let's take a trip down memory lane. Do you remember your most beloved childhood toy? Was it a well-loved teddy bear missing a button eye? Did you have a Transformer that was the best thing ever? Or were you like me and instead of a favorite toy, you had a favorite blankie. Whatever happened to it? Do you remember a story about the toy? Do your remember why it gave you so much joy? Tell us about your childhood favorite it today's poem.

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When I was very young I needed no toys

My imagination was my playground

Get outside go play it's healthy

A good stick was all I needed

It was a sword, a bow, a rifle, and a walking stick

Then one September I got a breakout gift

I was the first kid in town to own an Atari console

The other kids went berzerk and came to play

I was the center of a tempest with no defender

They would joust for pole position on the couch

Then Santa and reindeer came like space invaders

As a field of asteroids falling everyone got one

No longer on like donkey kong the gauntlet gone

The adventure was over no combat for my favor

I had discovered a pitfall of fame deferred

I was never ahead of the console game again

But that did start my life long love of video games

I met my Ms. Pacman running in a maze

She smiled at me and my heart went pong

Together we spend our nights playing games

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FYI any words in italics are the titles of Atari games